The new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday affirmed the two nations' alliance in coping with the challenges posed by China's growing clout and assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region."The United States is fully committed to working with Japan as a full ally to counter the challenges and to realizing our shared vision for a truly free and open Indo-Pacific," Emanuel told Hayashi in his first official face-to-face meeting with a minister of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet."In order to further strengthen the alliance, let us…READ FULL ARTICLE
